[geeks] latest system monitoring for Solaris 10 x86

[Lionel Peterson]

On Mar 20, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> On Mar 20, 2009, at 15:41 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>>> I didn't intend to start providing technical support, just sharing  
>>> experience.
>>
>> The Dell T105 uses an unusual/unpopular nvidia chipset, IIRC,  
>> Ubuntu had a problem with it as recently as 8.04
>
> I have seen it called "nVidia Pro 2000", but it has another part  
> number on it too.  It seems to show up in several different servers,  
> so I guess it is mostly geared for that market or something.
>
> Works fine for most UNIX, just Windows mostly has issues.
>
> Most Linux Live CDs work perfectly, GUI and all.  So does Solaris.
>
> Ironically, this time around it is Windows that has trouble... :)
>
>>> As far as I can tell, you can't use the F6 method on a lot of  
>>> modern systems.  They won't even boot far enough to get to that  
>>> unless they boot up emulating IDE with their SATA drives.  A lot  
>>> of systems now have dropped emulation from what I see in their BIOS.
>>
>> Vista/Server 2008 allows you to load drivers through the GUI where  
>> you select system disk, you click advanced, IIRC.
>
> Vista probably also has much newer drivers and updated boot support  
> too.
>
> Is there a way to run things like firmware updates from the Vista  
> install CDs?

Vista allows a conventional trial period, and with a little work you  
could probably install on a USB key.

> Might be a path worth investigating for when you really do have to  
> use Windows.

I think there are new tools available for booting Vista, I am about to  
study them for $work...

> Of course, if I get time I'll try to make a slipstreamed Windows XP  
> boot system, but there are higher priorities now that my machine is  
> properly updated.

PXE netboot may yield some interesting options, I'll be learning about  
that next week...

Lionel